Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-18
VOMAN'S SPHERE.
- ~ rug HOME or BEFORE rHB
- PCBLlCl 4
,-..r spsUer-WOnsE Wh0 Long for the
- p.,,l,s Of ,As wo'ld-Io Be Queen Of
Happy Home the Tro''SPh''
PesSble or Woman.
rropyrightcd ISL

.z,l have situated he''
,.,- feels 2 constant and never-eeaslng
NJ, sclins' her environments n
re- cbsage OF conditions, the change
era ,,,., We may whine and complain
w Al our lives without ever accom-
So, ANYTHING. Rut the soul that
s,s,ajiy IN the face Of its desire,
r, complaint, recognizes no i'll
u, lint demands from life the thing
" and believes it will be given
-, .,nl will obtain its wish so sure a the
sun shines.
~,sr. are no circumstances which can
..,broy or circumyent the passionate
IL ,f a noble, earnest soul.
believe we are only denied the things
crave in order to test the strength OF
'rr5,sire. \ mighty Intelligence directs
al and grants to each soul its wish, If
49,, sonI never swerves from the intensity
otdesire.
The reason so few of US obtain what We
IN, - because 30 lew Of us are persistent
and patient. ,.Sor
ubs-a She i deprived OF the comforts and
,b. tnDr,riatsOn 80 necessary TO our hapPi-
Ind she longs ardeutly enough to
- her condition, the way will b2Open.
- fr her. and it will be right and wise
ar nrr 20 walk therein.
T-,oDot understand how . woman who
+,s hrrn accorded that greatest OF all gifts
TOM heaven, a happy home life, can de-
... ,ry career which integteres with 1t.
T5. -,-nIt of my observation does not lead
49,. 10 believe that women who are shelter
- With love and protection and sppreela-
nor. .o long for the plaudi's OF the world.
, great deal is Said and written Of the
v,nrr gIrl or wOrshipped wife who ne
.,...s Elud parents or a devoted husband
:, rrr.rp a career. II you will take pains
:, n,vf,,,-lte the unwritten history ofsuch
Won Will find IN almost every in
..,r.. \ skeleton whose rafting bones
i've that daughter or wife from her home
iu.J puhlc hie.
Men are given to making sarcastic re-
rEscouceruiug the great horde Of women
lecturers. actors, readers, and performers
ofaIl kinds now before the public. Our
daily papers TEEN with paragraphs Of ridi-
rrlr or advice TO women to stay at home
and attend 10 their families.
Ifeverv man who takes upon himself
Nh, voluntary obligations Of matrimony
r-r,5rmed MS whole duty as husband and
ntber. there would be fewer women before
rhp public to-day. The girlo or wife who has
To tease. beg or pOut in order to obtain a
t.y dollars for her own use, naturally lies
awake nights planning some method OF
earning money.
knew tue daughter of a man whose
riches we're counted among the hundreds
Of thousands. and Yet she was obliged to
r-sor, TO petty ruses and humiliating
s.Bpmes to yet Z dOllar Of pin money. She
was allowed 10 M large bills, which her
father scanned and mathematical item by
ten each month, but he did not consider
The !,male members Of his household COM
vetsat 70 carry u purse. When the daugh-
i4r ran away AMI went IN the stage ~ a
,lrI.class actress, the world was shocked
that she should leave her elegant home
aud devoted parents for the glare OF the
ioo;liEhtS.
I overheard Il we'll dressed and tiue-lOOk.
my man recently in 3 railroad car, scOlding
his VIE for gu ~extravagaut purchase. She
showed him the sample OF q new dress
rrr lad purchased, and asked with q
tImif look II he thought 1t was pretty.
how much dld You pay for lt?'' he
asked. aud her answer, given with q de-
pr,gat.ng giauce, brought forth such 2
- l - 49, 8F,, 400 ypsfaN9 n1aaE-
ure Io her purchase aust have been IN
staatly ruined. AN quite sure l should
have putt&e dTe-S mp ut auction, and pre-
s,n,.I SIR Gcowlrr with the proceeds OF
;he s!lr. and then / would have Joined d
circus OF q miu#trel troop, it l could iud
no better method Of earning . dress toI
myself.
TSo women Who ore working outside Of
homes ,lr livelihood, told me recently
with tears 10 their eyeS, that they would
Caus;jcr themselves the most blest Of NOR
tails 10 be shut within the walls Of some
humble cottage. where only fRint echoes
from the world could reach them. Both
women were driven from their homes by
the skeleton Il poverty. Aud yet l have
Desrl one Of these women commented Oh
severely as II bold seeker after uOtOriety.'
She j. simply doing what she is compelled
10 DO to keep the wolf from the door.
There il occasionally born into the world
n woman whose whole nature ruShes like
the tide Of Il mighty ocean toward the shore
Ofsome especial career. Rosa BOuheul
was 0uc OF these. the first Mrs. SiddOD:
was another. Anna Dickinson was another,
la each Of these women the force OF bel
peculiar genius was ~ great that no per
lection OF home life, no oPulence Of wealth
could have kept her from fulfilling hel
destiny. They did not choose a career, 8
career chose them. Many other names
could Ne added to the list, yet such richely
and remarkably lowered women are thu
exception.
The rule il, that the women who pur
sue the hard path Of a public career, whict
d~epriyes them Of y quiet domestic life, arr
women who have been driven into IL by
stern necessity.
TO be queen OF 4 happy home, loved anC
appreciated hy a kind husband and littl,
children, 10 live only for their appreciation
and respect, surely this is the grandest ant
truest sphere possible for roman. 1t
tGr only genuine happiness which cart
anoris, all else IS q mere imitation. 1t
no reform can women do n work so beue
fetal to mankind as increasing the humble
Of happy homes in the land.
Hnt this work is not given every woman
20 de. Good hushands, who will love, re
spsrr, appreciate, and support their wiye
and daughters, DO not stand on ever.
threshold ready 10 lead all women int,
this earthly Paradise. And therefore it i
every womGn's duty TO be prepare to NEE
the world single-handed.
Ill were blessed with u daughter,
should teach her some method of seif-sup
port as ~rellglOusly IS ] should teach her I,
love God. But my daily prayer would b.
that she might never 90 forth from tn,
shelter of the parental roof, save as tn
queen OF q good husbands home.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
A PUZZLER.
NuStGH P. Wilder.
Little girl looking at a One-legged man
oh mammal Where Hss he made,